Improved bool -jack



"(tnied teir atm @time WHEELER CASE, or RUSSIA, AssIoNoE 'ro'HIMsELE ANDJAMEs EEEAD,

JB., 0F UTICA, NEW YURK.

Letters Patent No. 97,478, dated December 7, 1869; antedated November27, l1869. l

IMPROVED Boor-JACK.

The Schedule referred to -in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To whom it'inwy concern:

Be it known that I, WHEELER CAsE, of Russia', Herkimer county, New York,have invented n new end useful Boot-Jack; and I do hereby declare thatthe following-is `eteleon', full, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying y(hearings, ondule the lettersof reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a' side elevation of my improved bootjack.

Figure' isn plan 'vient Figure 3 is a. plan -viewof the jack, whenfolded. Figure 4 is a transverse sectional elevation on the line a; 2:,iig. 3. i f

This invention relates to boot-jacks and It consists irl-constructingthe same in two p zufts,l y hinged nt the centre, or thereahont, asherein shown nnddesoribed.

The object of z ny invention is to furnish the publie with e jack,light, nent, uheap, and o'onvenient, ond oa.- pable of being folded inaeompaietY-form, for transportation.

A is Vthe rest, the inner portion of which rests upon the floor, andupon which thefoot is plaieed, to hold the jeuk down while the boot isbeing drawn.

A is an arm ofthe restA, and is enclosed between the ends of the loop B,and there firmly secured by the bolt O, which passes through the endthereof'.

B is the loop, being bevelled on its inside surface,

as shown in iig. 4 of the drawings, to canse it the moreY iirmly togripe the beel of the boot. i

Theheel engages at' the point indicated by the letters b 11, the toe atthe point indicated by'tbe letterf,

thus enabling one to draw his boot with'ease and fa-v eility.

O is ebelt or pivot, passing through the ends of the 'loop VB and armA', being fastened thereto by nut G'.

I) D' are projections or Asupports on the inner ends of the loop,cnusing the jock to raise diagonally from the floor, and aliowingsufficient depth for the insertion of theboot. v y

Having thus described my invention,

-Vhat I claim as new, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, iis--Y i A boot-jock, having a, loop, B, and rest, A,hinged ot the centre, or tl1ereabont,-oons tructed EndV adapted for useas herein shown and described. ,In testimony whereoi', I havesigned:ny-name to tbisrspeeifiention, in the presence of two subscribingWitnesses.

v WHEELER OASE.

Witnesses:

DEXTER GILLMORE, WM. BAKER.

